Starstruck (Rock & Release, Act II) by Riley Edgewood

Author:Riley Edgewood [Edgewood, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2014-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

The instant I tell Luca he can touch me, my blood catches fire in anticipation. For a moment, he makes me wait. Nothing changes in his face. Nothing changes in his stance.

But then his fingers slide over my skin in the lightest of touches.

He traces a lazy circle along the top of my wrist.

The trembling in my knees travels to other areas of my body. My arms. My belly. Places a little lower…

He slides the pads of his fingers slowly along my skin, stopping just above my elbow, and wraps his hand around my arm to pull me closer.

"Luca." I tug half-heartedly against his grip, but he doesn't let me go.

"Cassie."

"Cassidy."

"Whatever you say."

"You smell like a cupcake." Teagan's earlier description flies out from between my lips and he laughs. But he doesn't let go of my arm; instead he slowly strokes his thumb along my skin.

"Vera likes you." This is what I need to remember. Vera. Nothing can happen with Luca because Vera likes him.

And because I like Gage. Gage. Who's probably wondering where I am.

"Vera doesn't know me."

"I don't know you."

"But you're starting to."

"I'm not." Stop staring at his lips.

"Then try me. What do you want to know?"

What your tongue would feel like against mine. "Nothing."

"Liar." His gaze falls to my mouth for a moment, like he knows exactly what I'm thinking. "But I'll go first. Tell me something about you."

I have to clear my throat before I speak. It's hard to concentrate when he's standing so close to me. When his fingers are running up and down my skin. "What do you want to know?"

"Hmmm… Nothing boring. None of the standard bits. I want something exciting." His face scrunches in concentration while he thinks, and then his eyes are dancing when he speaks again. "Tell me a secret. Something nobody else knows."

All I want right now is for you to kiss me. Except I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who knows this particular secret. Instead, something unexpected comes through my lips. "I have no idea what I want to do with my life after college."

I know what my parents think I want to do. What my classmates think I want to do. What Teagan thinks I want. What probably even Gage and Vera think, too. I'm a business major. My father works for Chambers & Britt, one of the most competitive companies in the world. I have an easy in—or at least I did before skipping out on my internship… But I don't want that anymore.

Which would be easier if I had any clue what I actually do want.

This secret—this admission—feels huge to let out. To myself, much less to Luca James. Who, by the way, doesn't look all that impressed. "That's your secret? I don't know what I want to do next month."

"You'll still be on tour," I say.

He shakes his head. "You're missing the point. Who wants to lock in their entire future? Where's the fun in that? Where's the thrill of the unexpected?"

The thrill of the unexpected? He doesn't get it.

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